Author Archives: Mark Silberberg
An open letter from students to their parents
Dear Parents, Thank you for letting Mark share with us the notes from your discussion at the Adolescent Issues Parent Evening. We enjoyed reading them and getting some insight...
Thoughts on adolescence from parents to their kids
A few weeks ago sixth and seventh grade parents got together for our annual Parent Adolescent Issues Evening. Through a series of interactive prompts, parents explored and shared a wide range...
Thoughts on the SpacePlace and PlaceSpace Online Simulation
So we had a chance this week to see what happens when conflicts and tensions play themselves out online. What is public and what is private are important considerations....
A d.lab Design Manifesto
We can design good things or bad things. We can design intentionally or unintentionally. We can refuse to design certain things in certain ways for certain people. What you...
Our Guidelines for Digital Citizenship
What are the positive characteristics of good digital citizens? A list of DOs: Be mindful of what you do on the Internet. Remember that you are always leaving a...
Digital Citizenship
At LREI, we talk a lot about what it means to be a good community member. In your humanities classes, you explore the nature of citizenship across cultures and...
Digizen Game 2015
from http://www.digizen.org/resources/digizen-game.aspx: This game follows on from the cyberbullying film Let’s Fight It Together to personalize and reinforce learning from that film. This game allows you to log on to a computer...
Lying, Cheating, Stealing
Below are a set of links that will take you to the discussion spaces for reflection on the Decisions, Decisions simulation Lying, Cheating, Stealing. Your task is to offer a response for...
Jarvis Clutch Chapter 5 – Question
After reading chapter 5 . . . Choose one of the following: Answer one of the questions at the end of the chapter. Make sure that you write down...
Jarvis Clutch Chapter 5 – Personal Connection
After reading chapter 5 . . . Identify something that Jarvis observed about kids in his school that you found interesting. How does it relate to the social scene...